Georgian chant

Georgian chant is the music sung in the Georgian Orthodox Church for daily and weekly services. It is sung in three-voiced polyphony without instrumental accompaniment. There are many musical styles and performance practices, and a long history of transmission and musical development. It has been sung since at least 326 AD, when Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgians, converted King Mirian and Queen Nana of Iberia, a Georgian speaking kingdom in the South Caucasus region.

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Saint Ekvtime Mtatsmindeli and Saint Giorgi Mtatsmindeli

One Old Georgian Musical Term (Mortuleba)

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      Of the musical terms attested in Medieval Georgian written sources, special attention attaches to the term mortuleba (“harmony”). It is polysemantic and occurs in various branches of Georgian literature (theological... Read More

The Georgian Modal System

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1. INTRODUCTION The present paper discusses selected results from my dissertation work on “The History of Georgian Chant Notation and the Georgian Musical System” (Erkvanidze, 2014). One of the main challenges in the... Read More

Trisagion hymn and processional crosses 4

Trisagion Hymn – Musical Analysis

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Part II: Musical Analysis of the Georgian Trisagion Hymn   Part I: Chanting Around the Throne of God (Theological and Ritual Perspectives) Part III: Trisagian Hymn – East Syrian and Georgian Connections  ... Read More

Pilimon Koridze

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The transcription of West Georgian chant revolves around the efforts of one vital figure, Pilimon Koridze (1835-1911). Koridze was made a saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church on December 20th, 2011. In this... Read More

Sandro Kavsadze, choir director

Sandro Kavsadze Choir

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Sandro Kavsadze (1874-1939) was one of Georgia's greatest singers. Born in 1874 in the village of Khovle (in the Kaspi district of eastern Georgia), he was first taught to sing by his father,... Read More